Shenali D Waduge ‘ Black July is just one of many painful chapters in Sri Lanka’s modern history. The suffering, the destruction of homes and businesses, and the failure of the State to protect citizens are historical realities that must never be denied. But history demands more than remembering only one part of an event. […]

Shenali D Waduge Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and certain elements within the Church, particularly after 2021, have advanced the position that Easter Sunday was not solely the result of Islamist extremism but involved an external political actor who allegedly manipulated Zaharan Hashim to achieve a political objective. Such a serious allegation requires evidence capable of establishing […]

Shenali D Waduge Before Chemmani is turned into an international symbol, one question must be answered: Why is the history of Jaffna under LTTE control missing from the conversation? Chemmani is located in the Jaffna peninsula — an area where for years the LTTE exercised extensive control. This was not an area where the LTTE […]

Shenali D Waduge The name of Sara Jasmine alias Pulasthini Mahendran has become one of the most repeatedly mentioned names after the Easter Sunday attacks of 21 April 2019. What exactly is the legal relevance of Sara Jasmine to establishing who planned, directed and executed the Easter Sunday attacks? The law requires evidence — not association, assumptions or […]

Shenali D Waduge The emergence of allegations concerning retired Major General Suresh Sallay in relation to Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday attacks raises important questions about evidentiary standards, attribution, and the distinction between advocacy and adjudication. Particular attention must be paid to how allegations develop over time, how they are amplified across social media and […]

Shenali D Waduge To understand the competing narratives surrounding the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka inspite of Sri Lanka going through over 300 LTTE terror attacks over 30 years is indeed puzzling. Therefore, given the current twist of narrative it is critical to go back to 2019 itself and relook at the public statements […]

Shenali D Waduge The emergence of allegations concerning retired Major General Suresh Sallay in relation to Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday attacks raises important questions about evidentiary standards, attribution, and the distinction between advocacy and adjudication. Particular attention must be paid to how allegations develop over time, how they are amplified across social media and […]

Shenali D Waduge Fifty years after the Vaddukoddai Resolution and seventeen years after the defeat of the LTTE, it is time for an honest assessment. While separatist politicians, their supporters, promoters and beneficiaries continue to commemorate Vaddukoddai, it is ordinary Tamil families who paid the real price—through death, displacement, lost opportunities, economic hardship and generations […]

Shenali D Waduge The Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), enacted in 1979 was introduced to address organized violent threats to the state. It has been widely debated domestically and internationally, yet its relevance is important to the country’s continuing national security environment. Why the PTA Was Implemented Sri Lanka’s strategic location places it at the […]

Shenali D Waduge The 3rd article in this series examines the most critical weakness in the Channel 4 narrative — the anonymous speaker — whose testimony is strategically used to connect Suresh Sallay, military intelligence, investigative obstruction, and the Easter Sunday attacks. The anonymous speaker is used to fortify the additional claim being made by Asad […]

Shenali D Waduge This is the second follow-up article examining the contradictions surrounding the September 2023 Channel 4 documentary Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings: Dispatches.” The first article questioned whether the alleged February 2018 meeting between Zahran Hashim and Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay could even have taken place, given Sallay’s overseas diplomatic posting during the relevant […]

Shenali D Waduge The entire Channel 4 conspiracy narrative surrounding the Easter Sunday attacks rests fundamentally on one alleged event — a purported February 2018 meeting between Suresh Sallay and Zaharan Hashim. If that meeting cannot be independently verified through objective evidence, then every subsequent allegation built upon it rests primarily on delayed recollection rather […]

Shenali D Waduge This rebuttal examines whether the Channel 4 documentary establishes its central allegation of high-level state complicity in the Easter Sunday attacks on the basis of independently verifiable evidence, or whether it relies primarily on delayed testimony, anonymous sourcing, and inferential narrative construction. SECTION 1 THE ENTIRE CHANNEL 4 CASE RESTS ON ASAD […]

Shenali D Waduge I am greatly humbled and honoured to receive this Service to the Nation appreciation award from the Republican Youth Foundation, under the leadership of Dr. Sasith Rajasooriya, with its emerging vision for Sri Lanka. I wish the team the very best as they begin a new journey. Alongside the beautifully crafted award, […]

Shenali D Waduge Easter Sunday would not have occurred if national security had received consistent attention and if intelligence monitoring of known radical networks had not been disrupted. After the 2015 regime change, intelligence coordination was weakened, with focus shifting heavily toward corruption” and good governance”. This created operational gaps, delayed responses, and breakdowns in […]

Shenali D Waduge WHO ARE THESE CIVILIANS”? Only the 4th type retains full civilian protection under International Humanitarian Law. WHAT WERE CIVILIANS DOING INSIDE A WAR ZONE? LTTE RESPONSIBILITY LTTE stands guilty of all above and by their own actions is the cause of civilian casualties. In taking civilians and keeping civilians with LTTE, LTTE […]

Shenali D Waduge Seventeen years after the military defeat of the LTTE in May 2009, Sri Lanka remains one of the few countries where a concluded internal conflict continues to be repeatedly revisited in international forums, resolutions, lobbying campaigns, and geopolitical discussions. The war ended militarily after 3 decades of repeated failures – negotiations, peace […]

Shenali D Waduge Before the LTTE came into the picture, it is good to go back in time to the manner in which American, British evangelical movements set up missionary schools where the Sinhala Buddhist majority did not live and provided English missionary education jobs, positions to Tamils. This was how the colonials created an […]

Shenali D Waduge Seventeen years after the defeat of the LTTE, Mullivaikkal continues to be internationally presented almost exclusively through one narrative: that of civilian suffering caused during the final phase of the war. Yet, why does civilian suffering” need LTTE insignia and LTTE propaganda. Why are only pro-LTTE supporters present. Why are mothers of […]

Shenali D Waduge While ordinary Sri Lankans buried their dead and tried to rebuild their lives, others thousands of miles away kept the conflict politically alive and continue to do so for their selfish ends. Seventeen years after the defeat of the LTTE, one uncomfortable truth continues to receive little attention: the war may have […]

Shenali D Waduge Before the LTTE asks the world to mourn its dead, it forced Tamil parents to mourn their living children. This is an ugly truth that LTTE fronts overseas can never excuse. Do we empathize with the thousands of Tamil children taken from their homes, forced into LTTE uniforms, trained to kill, and […]

Shenali D Waduge The public has every right to ask difficult questions about the Easter Sunday attacks and demand answers. Most importantly the victims, their families deserve truth, accountability & justice. In this framework media has an important role to play. Journalists must highlight the failures, expose inconsistencies, question institutions and examine those in positions […]

Shenali D Waduge Before the LTTE turned its guns on the Sri Lankan State, it turned them on Tamils. Yet, even 17 years after LTTE defeat there are attempts to continue to portray LTTE as the sole representative of the Tamil people”. This is deliberately suppressing an ugly truth: the LTTE’s first victims were Tamils […]

Shenali D Waduge Former Member of Parliament Udaya Gammanpila addressed the media after providing a statement to the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID), outlining a series of claims connected to investigative material arising from the Easter Sunday terror investigations. What he revealed cannot be lightly dismissed because Sri Lanka has already paid the price once for ignoring warnings. […]

Shenali D Waduge Calls for reducing or removing Security Forces camps in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province in particular the Jaffna & Wanni security forces, are being promoted as post-conflict normalization, reconciliation, and civilian land release. These developments must be read as part of Sri Lanka’s broader transition from sovereign security control toward system-based dependency systematically […]

Shenali D Waduge The reported move by the Criminal Investigation Department Sri Lanka to obtain a statement from Asad Maulana living overseas since 2022, in connection with allegations involving Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay, raises several questions. Media reports indicate that the CID’s actions are linked to a complaint filed by Father Rohan based on claims made by Asad […]

Shenali D Waduge by Shenali Waduge · 3rd May 2026 35 years out of 78 years of independence went into dealing with insurrections and terror against the State of Sri Lanka. This is almost half of Sri Lanka’s independence. While many strife to explain Sri Lanka’s debt crisis through economics, corruption, IMF policies or bad governance – a […]

Shenali D Waduge On 21 April 2019, suicide bombers linked to the National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) attacked 3 churches and 3 hotels, killing 269 people. After seven years, multiple investigations, commission reports, committee findings, and even a Supreme Court determination, a new investigative theory has now emerged focusing mainly on one individual — Maj. Gen. […]

Shenali D Waduge The Buddhists need to not only identify the enemy but more importantly identify the strategies adopted by the enemy & the reasons they do so. It is without a doubt they consider the teachings of the Buddha as a threat. It is something even the English vocabulary cannot define or converge to […]

Shenali D Waduge We are in agreement on one point: on 21 April 2019 Zaharan and a team of suicide bombers targeted 3 hotels and 3 churches causing 269 fatalities. PART 1 — ESTABLISHED FACTZahran carried out the attacks PART 2 — THE BUT” CLAIMZahran acted with the support of military intelligence This second claim […]